HIAÆ00231U MIS, Hindi Urdu Propaedeutics 1 (E26)

Volume 2026/2027
Education

Bacheloruddannelsen i asienstudier (Indien og Sydasien), 2026-ordningen 

Content

The course aims to teach communicative Hindi-Urdu at the baseline level (A1). In the beginning, students choose one of the language variants (Hindi or Urdu) and learn either the Nāgarī script or the Arabic alphabet (reading, writing, transliteration and transcription).

Then, basic knowledge of Hindi-Urdu is trained: Students learn to interact at an elementary level by using sentences to describe and narrate elementary aspects of everyday life.

Regarding the grammatical structures, the course focuses on elementary nominal and verbal morphology as well as on the structures of the simple sentence.

Learning Outcome

After completing the course, the student will be able to demonstrate:

 

Knowledge and understanding of

  • the Nāgarī or Arabic writing system
  • basic forms of expression in the language studied to describe and narrate elementary aspects of everyday life
  • the phonology, morphology and syntax of the language studied at the baseline level.

 

Skills in

  • communicating aspects of everyday life at the baseline level.
  • translating sentences in the language studied at the baseline level grounded in insights into lexicon and grammar.

 

Competencies in

  • communicating aspects of everyday life in the language studied at the baseline level.
  • analysing and explaining linguistic structures at at the baseline level.

Material corresponding to Renner / Goswami (forthcoming) Bāteṁ. Communicative Grammar Lessons for Hindi Learners I, Part 1. Translated and edited by Rimscha, Marina

Classroom teaching with active participation of the students. Classroom teaching involves training of communicative skills, written and oral grammar exercises, text reading and translation and grammatical analysis.
  • Category
  • Hours
  • Lectures
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  • Total
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Oral
Individual
Collective
Continuous feedback during the course of the semester
Feedback by final exam (In addition to the grade)
Credit
15 ECTS
Type of assessment
Oral examination, 10 minutes
On-site written exam, 2 hours
Type of assessment details
The ongoing test consists of 5 short oral presentations (2 minutes each) and 2 on-site written exams (1 hour each) distributed throughout the semester.
All parts of the exam carry the same weight and must be at a passing level for the overall exam to be passed.
Group exam regulations: The exam can only be taken individually.
Exam language: Hindi-Urdu.
Aid
No aids allowed
Marking scale
passed/not passed
Censorship form
No external censorship
Re-exam

On-site written exam, 3 hours

Criteria for exam assesment

See Learning Outcome